Joshua 22:32:7Josh.22.32.W7TAB

בְּנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן֩

beneireuven

“the sons of Reuben”

Transliteration: be-NEI-re-u-VEN
Extended: beh-NEE-reh-oo-VEN
IPA: /meˈʔeːt/

Meaning by language

English: the sons of Reuben

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְּ + נֵֽי + רְא + וּ + בֵן֩

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be + nei + re + u + ven

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beneireuven

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Nun Sofit	final form of Nun — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
be-NEI-re-u-VEN
phraseyour reading level
me-ET be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-me-ET be-NEI-GAD
clause
va-ya-SHAV pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-han-ne-si-IM me-ET be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-me-ET be-NEI-GAD me-E-retz ha-gil-AD el-E-retz ke-na-AN el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
sentence
va-ya-SHAV pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-han-ne-si-IM me-ET be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-me-ET be-NEI-GAD me-E-retz ha-gil-AD el-E-retz ke-na-AN el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR

Exegesis

The construct chains benei-rəʾūbēn {בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן | bə-nê-rə-ʾū-bên} and benei-ḡād {בְּנֵי־גָד | bə-nê-ḡād} define tribal origins, while the prepositional sequence me-ʾereṣ ha-gilʿāḏ ʾel-ʾereṣ kenaʿan ʾel-benei-yiśrāʾēl maps the route from Gilead back to Canaan and the intended audience. This structure emphasizes the formal diplomatic mission of the priestly and tribal leaders.

Root and etymology

ב־נ

“son”

In context — Joshua 22:32

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the descendants of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the Israelites, and they carried back a report .

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 22:32, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן֩ (beneireuven) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.22.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.32.W7.S1) and character.

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